2010/11/20 Ben Laenen <benlae...@gmail.com> > > There were never rules about what language to use for what on this list, > and I > really don't want to have any either. There is only a tendency towards > English > for discussions that are interesting to everyone. English just serves well > as > a "neutral" language that won't allow some people to go into a Flemish vs > French fight. > > what fight???
> If someone asks a question in Dutch, French or German, reply in the same > language, unless your knowledge of it is too bad to reply, then just use > English is that a rule??? I proposed that everyone use his mother language. The point is that the use of another language make it difficult to write an answer with all necessary subtleties, or simply make an answer. > > Ben > PS ik vind het grappig dat 2 vlamingen deze discussie in het engels voeren ;-) > > > Ivo De Broeck wrote: > > quote: Nederlands kan ik ook lezen alhoewel 't is echt moeilijker voor > mij > > alle subtiliteiten te begrijpen. > > > > I think that is just the point. Sometimes its difficult to explain > > something in another language then your mother language. > > A solution could be that everyone use its own language. > > A thread could be multi-language and everyone can express its message > with > > the correct subtleties. > > > > We have a lot of translation possibilities on our computers if something > is > > not very clear. I have used them to write this message ;-) > -- Ivo De Broeck Valleilaan 13 3360 Korbeek-lo Tel (0)16 43 84 93 Gsm +32 486 17 61 13
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